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NewsEx-Action Time chief gets UKTV role
UKTV has hired former Action Time joint managing director Caroline Beaton to help market its family of channels.
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NewsITV enhances red button service
ITV has launched a new 24-hour interactive service called ITVi, which will have a range of services including betting, games, Friends Reunited and a dating service.
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BSkyB readies launch to fight off Freeview
BSkyB is expected to launch its free satellite proposition within the next couple of days as new figures for the rival Freeview platform show box sales are now running at around 60,000 a week.
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Aussie Gold exit
Darren Gray, director of programming for the Aussie Gold channel, has stepped down months before the station is due to launch. Gray is to resume his career as a theatrical agent and his position will be covered by chief executive Alan Huggett until a replacement is appointed. Aussie Gold will ...
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NewsITV2 hikes budget to take on Sky One
ITV2 has set a target of overtaking Sky One as the UK's most watched digital channel by the end of 2005 and has ploughed an extra£14m into next year's budget to achieve it.
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NewsC4 picks Dale to lead More 4
Channel 4 is to give its planned over-35s channel More 4 a greater public service focus and has handed the job of running it to its head of documentaries Peter Dale.
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NewsUKTV plants the seeds for gardening TV
UKTV is looking to combine Britain's two biggest loves - gardening and TV - with a new channel called UKTV Gardens.
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Teachers' TV fills executive line-up
Teachers' TV, the government-backed digital TV service for education professionals, has completed its line-up of top-level executives with a string of appointments.
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NewsExpress launches TV shopping channel
Daily Express owner Richard Desmond's first shopping channel is to launch tomorrow (Wednesday), billed as the first outlet to mix commerce with entertainment.
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Sky rejects BBC offer of Freesat name
BSkyB has rejected the BBC's offer to allow it to use the Freesat name for its planned free satellite service in a move that could disrupt the corporation's own plan to promote a similar offering.
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Discovery brings in Canadian exec
Discovery has drafted in one of its North American executives to head its flagship UK channel.
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NewsBall picks up whopping£13.2m
BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch picked up nearly£1.5m in his first eight months in the job while his predecessor Tony Ball pocketed a whopping£13.2m in his final year, the company's annual report has confirmed.
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NewsBBC3 and BBC4 branded poor value for money
BBC3 and BBC4 are offering poor value for money and failing to connect with viewers or drive digital take-up, a major government-backed review claims today.
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NewsSky's The Match gets another fixture
Sky One has ordered a second series of reality hit The Match after the finale of the show got nearly two million viewers.
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Sky Travel nets Husband Hunt
Sky Travel has picked up Touchdown TV's reality series Husband Hunt for its autumn schedule. The New Zealand-based show takes six women into a farming community where they hunt the man of their dreams. The 2 x 60-minute show will air as part of a ...
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Sky+ to hit target
New research has revealed that Sky is on track to get its personal video recorder service Sky+ into 525,000 homes in the course of the next 12 months. The move will put Sky on track to meet its target of getting 2.5 million Sky+ customers by 2010, according to Continental ...
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Good start for Disney freeview channel
Disney's new Freeview channel ABC1 made a strong debut this week, attracting a healthy share of viewers with its line-up of US soaps and sitcoms. During its broadcast hours of 6am to 6pm, ABC1 achieved an average share of 1.61% in Freeview homes on Monday, growing this to 2.05% on ...
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Chippendale leaves sky after 14 years
BSkyB's director of sales, Mark Chippendale, has decided to quit the company after 14 years. His decision comes only three months after Nick Milligan's appointment as managing director of Sky Media.
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NewsSky exec exits suddenly after heckling Dyke at RTS
BSkyB's commercial director, Martin Goswami, has left the satellite giant suddenly just days after he loudly heckled Greg Dyke during the former director general's speech at a special RTS dinner last week.
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Carling considers music TV channel
Lager giant Carling is exploring launching a music TV channel to showcase concerts from major venues like Brixton Academy.